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The NDP also have a section of their policy book dedicated to LGBT rights:
Halting any rollback of achieved rights, including
spousal benefits and same-sex marriage.
Supporting international struggles against discrimination
against LGBT persons, particularly against
the criminalization of homosexual relationships
between consenting adults.
Including gender identity and expression as
prohibited grounds for discrimination in the
Canadian Human Rights Act.
Strengthening laws against hate propaganda
and hate crimes.
e Eliminating any discrimination in the justice system
based on sexual orientation or identity.
Ending censorship of artistic works dealing with
questions of sexual orientation or identity.
Stopping discriminatory practices against LGBT
persons in immigration and refugee procedures.
Investing in programs to promote equity for
LGBT persons, offering more help and support
to young LGBT people who face discrimination,
violence or hate.
Respond to the concerns of gay and lesbian
veterans who were forced out the military with an
eye to removing the “dishounourable discharge”
from their records.
While I have not seen any particular policies specific to trans people in the Liberal platform it is well known that the party is supportive of LGBT issues.
The Green Party has an LGBT platform which can be viewed below:
Amend the Canadian Human Rights Act to explicitly include gender identity and gender expression as protected grounds of discrimination;
Amend the Criminal Code to include gender identity and gender expression in the hate sentencing and hate propaganda provisions;
Repeal s.159 of the Criminal Code;
Support public education to end prejudice and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity;
End the targeting by Canada Customs of LGBTQ+ bookstores and other LGBTQ+ businesses;
Ensure Canada advocates internationally for an end to state-sanctioned discrimination and violence against LGBTQ+ people.
The Conservatives are not allies to any LGBT rights or freedoms. They’re responsible for an NDP bill that would have granted trans Canadians legal protection being killed in the Senate.
allthecanadianpolitics the Strength in Democracy/Forces et Democratie candidate for Avalon is transgender. They’re a fairly new party but it’s evident they support LGBT rights from that.
Okay, here we go, this might be the first post of mine that really pisses some people off, but I am getting sick of this guy’s shit. In the Huffington Post, Justin Trudeau is quoted as saying this about his position of Bill C-51:
“Perhaps it was naive, perhaps [it] was something that I put forward and
said, ‘you know what, we can take a responsible position at a time of
politics of attack and division’,” Trudeau said.
The arrogance inherent in those words is just fucking infuriating to me. Not only is he saying that we’re all wrong about C-51, but he’s implying that if we weren’t blinded by Stephen Harper (or Tom Mulcair), we’d agree with him. We are, apparently, too stupid to realize the truth of the gospel of Trudeau.
Why wouldn’t he think that, though? He is the chosen one, the son of his of father, heir to the Liberal’s position as the “natural party of Government.” He spent his four years in the wilderness, and emerged a leader, ready to heal this broken country, or raise it from the dead, or maybe just walk on water (which is not a particularly impressive feat during a Canadian winter). He seems to be of the opinion that a few years in the wilderness, a leadership change, and some empty words of reconciliation are going to be enough, and I think it will be a very fucking rude awakening for him in October if he doesn’t bring something real to the table, and soon.
In contrast, of course, we have the excellent words of Brad Lavigne on the difference between Mulcair and Trudeau:
“Mulcair opposed the bill because it was flawed, despite its initial
popularity. Trudeau [supported] the bill because it was popular, despite
its flaws. That’s not leadership.”
He’s not wrong. Leadership involves more than the belief that we should assume Trudeau is right because he’s a Liberal, and Liberals are the self-appointed “natural party of government” in Canada. Leadership involves more than blaming the people who hear your message for your failure to make it stick. And leadership has to involve more than cynicism dressed up as naiveté, innocence, and youth.
So Justin Trudeau, for all this bullshit, you can go fuck yourself, repeatedly and without joy.
Because he says one thing one day and the complete opposite the next. What is commonly called flip-flopping. He’s made a slew of embarrassing verbal gaffes and errors, which make him look inexperienced. He has not been as good of an opposition leader as Mulcair has, not by a long shot. He’s fairly quiet in question period. He should be holding the government more to account. He does not appear confident.
He puts forward policies only when he’s falling in the polls. He fucking voted for bill C-51 and seemingly is ok with this. He is seemingly ok with a bill which by definition destroys the charter of rights and freedoms that his father helped create.
He is in favour of an investor protection agreement with China (which we’re now locked into for 40+ years) that allows Chinese companies to sue the Canadian government if we infringe on their profits. He took under his wing Eve Adams an untrustworthy Harper Government MP and her husband Dimitri Soudas (Harper’s former right hand man). He took on former police chief Bill Blair as a Liberal candidate (responsible for the G20 mass arrests in Toronto & he supports the racist carding policy). He also voted against a motion to implement proportional representation. He refuses to cooperate in a coalition scenario with the NDP if Harper wins this fall. He’d rather burden us with 4 more years of Stephen Harper than work together with other parties.
Most of Justin’s new ‘progressive’ policies look like they were cut and pasted from the NDP. There is very little original coming from the Liberal Party.
Suffice to say, I don’t trust Justin and he’s doing very little to prove that he should be trusted. A lot of the things he’s done recently I’d expect from Stephen Harper, not someone who says he wants to replace him.
i’d like to have a place to write about my depression! i hate this!! but i don’t want to lay it out on any of my existing sites. that is not their function. and yet here it is, preventing me from working.
there is a sensation i associate with making things, and i haven’t really felt it for a couple months. which has made it hard to produce anything. there is also a sensation i associate with my ADD, and it’s been a lot more present recently – it feels like i have a shot put in the center of my brain. there is a dullness, a heaviness, a lack of concentration. i get angry much quicker. i can’t string together thoughts as easily.
i am frustrated by it, but more than frustrated, i’m ashamed. because so much of who and what i am, is wrapped up in being creative, in being able to have ideas in any circumstance. to be quick. to be clever. it’s not here right now. i’m embarrassed that it’s not. i’m embarrassed that i’ve promised everyone that i’d update my comics and things on certain days and haven’t felt like i had anything to bring. i’ve had dry spells before, but not like this.
i’m going to a doctor next week and see what’s what. i’ve been aware that i’ve been self-medicating with caffeine for a long while, but that’s lost a lot of its efficacy.
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Hi, I'm Tim Lai! I'm a cartoonist living in Ontario, Canada. I like drawing cute and colourful things. This blog is a hub where you can find all of my Tumblr, DeviantArt, Flickr, Blogspot, and other posts in one place.
About My Work
I write and draw Lemon Inc., a comic about a seven-year-old who wants to be a business tycoon when he grows up. Until then, he runs a lemonade stand. You can read it at www.lemon-inc.com.
I have done some professional web and graphic design work, including designing the website for the webcomic, Just Joel. I'm also a member of the webcomic collective, Ink Bomb Comics.
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